Elite Schools and Opting In: Effects of College Selectivity on Career and Family Outcomes

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ge, Suqin; Isaac, Elliott; Miller, Amalia
• 署名单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Tulane University; University of Virginia; National Bureau of Economic Research; IZA Institute Labor Economics
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/717931
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: S383-S427
• 关键词: gender-gap; marriage market; education; returns; QUALITY; students; LABOR; university; earnings; graduation

摘要

Using College and Beyond data and a variant of Dale and Krueger's matched-applicant approach, we revisit the question of how attending an elite college affects later-life outcomes. We expand the scope by examining additional outcomes and not restricting the sample to full-time workers. For men, controlling for selection eliminates the relationship between college selectivity and earnings; there are also no effects on men's educational attainment or family outcomes. We find significant effects for women: attending a school with a 100-point-higher average SAT score increases women's probability of advanced degree attainment and earnings while reducing their likelihood of marriage.